The Lucy Stone series is quintessential domestic cozy – it defines the genre with a small town setting in coastal Maine, a restored farmhouse where part time newspaper reporter and full time Mom Lucy lives with her husband Tom, a carpenter/contractor who specializes in restoring old homes. They have four children and a grandchild. If you have followed the series you have seen the children grow and mature and are familiar with Lucy’s circle of gal pals, the crusty editor who is Lucy’s boss and a whole lot more town characters.
Absolutely love these books, they are dependably good reads that hook you with the way Lucy balances family, friends and her job and of course the way her investigator reporter curiosity gets her involved in so many mysteries. The plots are timely dealing with a wide range of social issues. In the ‘Turkey Trot Murder’ the social issue that afflicts one of the main suspects is opiod abuse. The other topical issue is immigration and prejudice towards Hispanic Americans which is a major theme in this book.
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